Jennifer+Lake's+lesson+plan

Glogster Book Report Lesson Plan Date: August 5, 2010 Teacher Name: Jennifer Lake Grade Level: 5 Subject: Reading Topic: book report Lesson Summary: Students will read a book on their own and create a Glog to advertise the book. I will describe the process and go through the directions with the students and show them how to access the directions from our class wiki. Students will read a book at their level and demonstrate understanding of setting, characterization, and plot through the creation of a digital poster (Glog). After students upload their projects to the wiki, I will go through the rubric with each student to assess the projects. They will have the opportunity to edit their glog to improve, and Glogster will automatically apply the changes to the glogs that are embedded in the wiki. After the edit, I will use the rubric to assess the projects and assign a grade. 1. Log in to www.glogster.com using the username and password Mrs. Lake gave you. 2. Click on “Create new Glog” 3. Choose a background by clicking on “wall” 4. Add text and pictures to include the following required items:  Title and author  Summary of the book
 * Directions for making a Glog book report**

The summary must include at least five important facts about the story and should be at least one well-written paragraph with five complete sentences.  Review of the book

Describe what you did and did not like about the book. What were the best parts? Use **specific** details from the book to explain your opinion. This should be one well-written paragraph.  Character description

You may either write a description of what the character looks like OR insert a picture and write a brief description of the character’s personality.  Setting description

You may either write a description of the setting or insert a picture. The setting should include **time** and **place** where the story takes place.

 Pictures

Include at least five pictures related to the theme, topic, or plot of the book. 5. Check all of your work for correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. 6. Do not use more than three fonts or text colors in your poster. 7. Save your glog on www.glogster.com 8. Open a new window or tab and go to our class wiki. Add a new page with your name as the title 9. Click “edit” 10. Click “widget” and “other HTML” 11. Copy the embed code from your glog and paste it into the window. Then click “save”

Goals (Learning Objectives): 1. Students will summarize the main story elements of a novel:  Plot  Characterization  Setting 2. Students will identify graphics that communicate important story elements and include them in the project. 3. Students will create a visually appealing design that communicates the essential elements of a novel.

Goals will be communicated through oral directions from the teacher, through the written directions, and through the rubric. Students will have a choice of which book to choose to read. They will also have options of presenting information in text or picture form on some items in the poster. NETS: x Setting Objectives x Providing Feedback Reinforcing Effort x Providing Recognition on this project. By uploading the projects to the wiki for public viewing, students will also receive recognition. x Cues, Questions, & Advance Organizers Summarizing Note taking x Nonlinguistic Representation Cooperative Learning Homework & Practice x Identifying Similarities & Differences (Compare/contrast, classify, create, metaphors or analogies) Generating & Testing Hypotheses (problem-solving, invention experimental inquiry, historical investigation, decision-making, systems analysis) Type: text (novel) and web resources Title: ReadingFun-withMsLake Glogster Specific Info: novels chosen by students Class wiki Glogster-online graphic design tool Location: http://readingfun-withmslake.wikispaces.com/Book+recommendations http://www.glogster.com/ True/False Multiple choice Essay Performance Constructed communication Personal communication x Product/project graded by rubric Other: None Brainstorming/idea mapping software Calculators Clickers x Collaborative application (Ex. Wiki) Communication tool (Ex. Skype) Data collection tools Diagnostic/prescriptive system (Ex. Accelerated Reader) Display tools (Ex. Elmo) Interactive whiteboard Educational games Multimedia (creating) Multimedia (watching) Spreadsheet Virtual manipulative Web-based research Word processing x Other: Glog- graphic design
 * How will learning objectives be communicated to students?
 * How will students be allowed to personalize learning objectives?
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 * Students will access the directions and guidelines for the assignment on our class wiki. The rubric is also embedded in the wiki. The rubric will be the main avenue for providing feedback
 * Strategies that Help Students Acquire & Integrate New Knowledge**
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 * Cues and questions will be provided in the directions on the wiki. The Glog is primarily a nonlinguistic representation of their knowledge.
 * Strategies that Help Students Practice, Review, & Apply Existing Knowledge**
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 * Comparing/contrast and classify story elements
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